Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2656P

Balfour Beatty PLC

24 May 2018

 

Balfour Beatty plc

 

LEI: CT4UIJ3TUKGYYHMENQ17

 

 

AGM Results

 

Balfour Beatty plc (the "Company") announces that, at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 24 May 2018, the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 3 April 2018 were passed following a poll on each resolution.

The results of the polls were as follows:

	For	Against	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1: To adopt the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2017	523,539,365 (99.66%)	1,771,068 (0.34%)	10,099,673
Resolution 2: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2017	399,105,828 (86.37%)	62,970,570 (13.63%)	73,333,706
Resolution 3: To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares of the Company	535,386,876 (100.00%)	16,052 (0.00%)	7,178
Resolution 4: To re-elect Mr P S Aiken AM as a Director	472,383,165 (89.75%)	53,938,739 (10.25%)	9,080,877
Resolution 5: To re-elect Dr S R Billingham as a Director	518,090,766 (96.77%)	17,273,641 (3.23%)	38,376
Resolution 6: To re-elect Mr S J Doughty CMG as a Director	531,921,699 (99.36%)	3,441,270 (0.64%)	39,814
Resolution 7: To re-elect Mr I G T Ferguson CBE as a Director	482,250,576 (90.08%)	53,123,393 (9.92%)	28,813
Resolution 8: To re-elect Mr P J Harrison as a Director	532,439,145 (99.45%)	2,927,761 (0.55%)	35,282
Resolution 9: To elect Mr M A Lucki as a Director	532,497,898 (99.46%)	2,875,203 (0.54%)	29,682
Resolution 10: To elect Ms B J Moorhouse as a Director	532,608,334 (99.49%)	2,756,762 (0.51%)	37,687
Resolution 11: To re-elect Mr L M Quinn as a Director	526,502,909 (98.34%)	8,873,793 (1.66%)	26,081
Resolution 12: To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditor	534,101,791 (99.77%)	1,222,481 (0.23%)	85,534
Resolution 13: To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor	534,177,804 (99.78%)	1,202,517 (0.22%)	28,410
Resolution 14: To authorise the Company and its UK subsidiaries to incur political expenditure	492,800,474 (92.05%)	42,551,337 (7.95%)	56,919
Resolution 15: To authorise the Directors to allot shares	516,517,449 (96.48%)	18,867,018 (3.52%)	19,514
Resolution 16: To authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis*	523,189,791 (97.72%)	12,186,276 (2.28%)	27,914
Resolution 17: To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own ordinary and preference shares*	500,908,689 (94.16%)	31,048,631 (5.84%)	3,446,659
Resolution 18: To authorise the Company to hold meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on 14 clear days' notice*	510,967,569 (95.44%)	24,407,200 (4.56%)	30,287

* Special Resolution

Notes:

1.       The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

2.       A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes "For" and

 "Against" a resolution.

3.       The total number of Ordinary Shares of 50p each in the Company in issue at close of business on

22 May 2018 was 689,739,619, each carrying one vote. 

4.       Resolutions 16 to 18 were each passed as Special Resolutions.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of each of Resolutions 14 to 18 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

24 May 2018

 

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